Essentials for the Advancing Clarinet Player
Below is a list of recommended etude/technical books for the clarinet — some of the “Essentials for the Advancing Clarinet Player.” They include many tried and true studies in tone production, technique, articulation, musicianship, etc. All of the literature/books itemized here can be purchased from Art’s Music Shop.
Also included here are some famous clarinet artists with a corresponding recording that you may listen to. You can find many other recordings by these artists and more on YouTube, including master classes.
Just for fun, at the bottom, we’ve added some names of notable celebrities that have played the clarinet.
Clarinet Literature
Composer/Arranger
Baermann (ed. Langenus)
Title
Complete Method for Clarinet Op 63
CF.O32
$21.99
Composer/Arranger
Opperman
Title
Elementary Velocity Studies for Clarinet
CF.O5432
Intermediate Velocity Studies for Clarinet
CF.O5433
Advanced Velocity Studies for Clarinet
CF.O5434
Virtuoso Velocity Studies for Clarinet
CF.O5431
Composer/Arranger
Rubank
Title
Intermediate Method for Clarinet
HL.04470170
Advanced Method Vol 1 for Clarinet
HL.04470310
Advanced Method Vol 2 for Clarinet
HL.04470320
Alto/Bass Clarinet Literature
Composer/Arranger
ed. Rhoads
Title
21 Foundation Studies for Alto & Bass Clarinet
HL.03770300
$19.99
Composer/Arranger
Weissenborn/arr. Rhoads
Title
Advanced Studies for Alto or Bass Clarinet
HL.03770370
$13.99
Clarinet Artists for Listening
on YouTube
Franklin Cohen
Martin Frost
Anthony McGill
Sabine Meyer
Ricardo Morales
Andreas Ottensamer
Richard Stoltzman
Celebrities/Notable People
that have played the
CLARINET
Steven Spielberg
Julia Roberts
Eva Longoria (Drum Major also)
Jimmy Kimmel